Comb



Dec. 26 1950 s, TRELOAR ETAL 2,535,612

COMB

Filed Aug. 15, 194:?

I -4 7/ 1 I I 6 I I f JAMES G. l/V/VES, ST/i/VFORD L. TQELOHA',

ATTORNEYS,

Patentec] Dec. 26, 1950 COMB Stanford Llewelyn Treloar and James Gilbert Innes, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Application August 15, 1947, Serial No. 768,818

2 Claims.

This invention relates to combs of the type used for combing and arranging hair, the principal object being to provide a comb that will be adjustable for coarse or fine combing.

Another object is to construct a comb that can be readily looked to the hair to secure the said comb against accidental displacement when it is employed as an ornament for the hair or to keep the hair in a prearranged position.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of the novel features of construction hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is an embodiment of our invention especially adapted for use as a hair ornament, the comb being curved to conform to the contour of a head.

Figure 2 is a side view of the form shown in Figure 1, the teeth being shown in position to lock the comb in the hair.

Referrin to Figures 1 and 2, two substantially similar comb sections I and 2' are shown which are curved, the convex face of section I fitting the adjacent concave face of section 2'. The teeth 3 on section I are slightly curved toward one end of said section and the teeth 4' of section 2' are similarly curved but in a direction toward the opposite end of the section, as clearly seen in Figure 2.

Rivets 6 flanged at both ends secured to section I extend through elongated slots 1 in section 2' and are movable therein. Interengaging means are provided on the confronting faces of the sections I and 2, such means embodying a small substantially conical projection or stud 8' formed on the inner or confronting face of section I which is designed to fit into either of two depressions or sockets 9 and In formed in the opposite or confronting face of section 2. It will be noted that the projection 8 and the sockets 9 and I are near one extremity of the sections l and 2' respectively, and spaced a sufficient distance from the nearest rivet 6 to permit a slight outward bend of the sections and thus allow the projections or studs to ride over the portion of 2' between the sockets. The distance traveled by the studs in moving from socket 9 to socket ID will be exactly one half of the width of the interval between the teeth 3. When the stud is seated in socket 9', the teeth 3' and 4" will be arranged in matching pairs to present a coarse setting of the comb. When section I is moved longitudinally with respect to section 2' causing the stud to rise over and snap into socket l0. the teeth 3 will be positioned midway of the intervals between teeth 4, as seen in Figure 2, and present a fine setting of the comb.

When the stud is positioned in the socket which aligns the upper ends of teeth 3' and 4' in parallel matching pairs, the lower extremities of the teeth of each section, because of their curvature, will be aligned mid-way between the extremities of the teeth of the other section. Since, as above described, the distance travelled by the stud moving from one socket to the other is exactly one-half of the interval between the teeth of each section, when the stud is moved to bring the upper ends of the teeth to staggered relation, their lowered tips will be overlapped and hair caught between alternate adjacent pairs will be locked against withdrawal.

The thus described embodiment of our invention is especially adapted to be used as a hair ornament or when a comb is worn in the hair to keep the strands arranged to produced a desired efiect.

Having now described our invention, what is claimed is:

1. A comb comprising a pair of matching curved sections connected for longitudinal movement with relation one to the other, teeth curved longitudinally in one direction formed on one of said sections, teeth curved longitudinally in the opposite direction formed on the other of said sections, and interengaging means carried by said sections for locking them in one position with the lower tip of each tooth of one section in relative spaced relation to the lower tip of the next successive tooth of the other section and for locking them in position when said sections are moved to bring said tips into contact, said means embodying a pair of sockets spaced longitudinally of each other formed in the confronting face of one of said sections and a stud projecting from the confronting face of the other of said sections adapted to register with each of said sockets in diiferent relative positions of said sections.

2. A comb comprising a pair of matching sections disposed side by side adapted to be moved longitudinally relative to each other, teeth curved longitudinally in one direction on one of said sections, teeth, curved longitudinally in the opposite direction on the other section, one of said sections havin elongated slots therethrough, rivets secured to the other section and extending through said slots, said rivets being flanged at both ends to hold the section together. said slots being disposed so as to permit the sections to slide over each other 1ongitudinally, the inner side of one of said sections having a pair of sockets spaced longitudinally and a stud on the inner Side of the other sec tion adapted to register with each of said sockets in different relative positions of said sec-' tions, one of said positions being defined by the tips of the teeth on one section being adjacent the tips of the teeth on the other section and the other position being defined by the tips of said teeth being separated from each other.

STANFORD LLEWELYN TRELOAR. JAMES GILBERT INNES.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

Number- UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Ehrlich Feb. 12, 1907 Lofstrom July 28, 1908 Foster May 13 1941 FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Switzerland Nov. 1, 1933 Great Britain Mar. 16, 1938 Germany Feb. 6, 1931 France Mar. 15, 1937 

